Cost growth in the development and fielding of technologically advanced weapon systems has become a major economic burden for many nations and is expected to be an enduring and prevalent problem. RAND research has provided cost analyses and recommendations to help policymakers and military leaders develop improved cost-estimating tools and formulate policies that mitigate cost growth in military technology acquisition practices.
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This report assesses the effects of sharing installations and environment geospatial data assets within and across the business, warfighting, and intelligence mission areas of the Department of Defense.
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Helping the Army identify options to improve its future training strategy in the 2016 timeframe for Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) equipped with Future Combat Systems (FCS) technologies.
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Space assets are vital to the economic, social, and military interests of the United States. Sustainment complexities suggest a need to define a AFSPC commandwide sustainment philosophy separating demand, supply, and integrator processes.
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Outlines criteria for analyzing how sustainment investments affect the operational performance of space systems, focusing on the Global Positioning System.
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March 29, 2007 news release: China Could Potentially Defeat U.S. in Conflict Over Taiwan By Limiting Military Access, RAND Study Finds.
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This work details efforts of 11 terrorist groups to improve their operational capabilities through the exchange of technologies and knowledge and suggests ways that government policies can create barriers to terrorists' adoption of new technologies.
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Examines the history of terrorist conflicts to understand terrorists' counter-technology efforts and to help the nation make the best choices to protect it from the threat of terrorism.
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This monograph presents findings of a RAND Project AIR FORCE research project documenting lessons learned from the implementation of evolutionary acquisition (EA) strategies on major Defense Department military space programs.
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Examines why the increases in acquisition cost for U.S. naval ships have outpaced the rate of inflation over the past several decades.
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How will the network-centric operational concepts, organizational structure, and systems of this new Army unit make it a more effective combat force?
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This report analyzes the individual strengths and weaknesses of China's defense industrial complex. It examines four specific defense-industrial sectors--missiles, aircraft, shipbuilding, and information technology. It argues that China's defense industry
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Recommends an approach to improving the utility and accuracy of software cost estimates by exposing uncertainty (in understanding the project) and reducing the risks associated with developing the estimates.
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How much of an increase in mission effectiveness does the Link 16 communications system provide in prosecuting air-to-air combat and how can the observed increase in actual performance be attributed to the advantages of network-centric operations?
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Virtual, or mediated, communication: effects of communication media and a strategy for improving their use.
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Describes the adaptation of an R&D portfolio management decision framework developed by RAND to support R&D decisionmaking by the Office of Naval Research.
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Explores and assesses selected technology options for future dismounted soldiers that could improve mission effectiveness and reduce casualties.
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How can the Army design its future communications network to meet competing demands at a time of rapidly changing user needs and technologies?
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Presents a thumbnail history of the RAND Corporation, emphasizing its early accomplishments.
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